} } Then it doesn't matter one bit. } } I don't even make a separate /boot anymore and haven't in a } long time. I typicaly make a 1-8GB / (root) on my hardware } RAID-1, RAID-10 or RAID-5 volumes. } -- } Bryan J. Smith } what about any possible security issues for having a separate /boot ?? what about other physical or logical reasons? i value your input Bryan yet why do people even mention a separate /boot unless it is on an entirely different drive that is only mirrored and not part of the hardware RAID5 for almost obvious reasons... or a security issue in fstab or something i cant recall right now? anything else? thanks and kind regards, - rh -- Robert Hanson Abba Communications http://www.abbacomm.net